Puleo Chosen to All-Sun Belt Conference Community Service Team

NEW ORLEANS – Sierra Puleo was named to the inaugural All-Sun Belt Conference Community Service Team, the league introduced on Monday afternoon. The program acknowledges student-athletes who reveal distinctive dedication to neighborhood service.
 
Puleo served because the president and founding member of Run Harrisonburg, a volunteer-driven program that strives to construct a future the place collegiate athletes be part of with native communities to make sure group sports activities are accessible to all children, no matter socioeconomic elements. In this system’s first 12 months, James Madison served as a house to turn into a beacon of well being, inclusion, and neighborhood engagement by way of sports activities, whereas Puleo set the usual for servant management as she navigated the institution of the group whereas sustaining a dedication to empowering student-athletes from varied sports activities applications to pay it ahead.

The distance runner earned a bachelor’s diploma in accounting in May 2025, and is at the moment pursuing a grasp’s in the identical discipline at JMU.

 

The recognition was developed at the side of the Sun Belt Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) to focus on the significance of neighborhood service inside the convention’s mission, whereas persevering with the celebration of the impactful contributions occurring on all 14 Sun Belt campuses.

 

The All-Sun Belt Community Service Team is an initiative aimed to acknowledge one student-athlete from every Sun Belt establishment who has proven excellent dedication to neighborhood service. Each college is invited to appoint one student-athlete who demonstrates excellence in neighborhood service, notably within the management and execution of those efforts.

 

2024-25 All-Sun Belt Conference Community Service Team

App State – Tucker Sangster, Junior, Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country

Arkansas State – Corey Rucker, Senior, Football

Coastal Carolina – Nicolette Picone, Senior, Softball

Georgia Southern – Pichon Wimbley, Senior, Football

Georgia State – Mikyla Tolivert, Graduate, Women’s Basketball

James Madison – Sierra Puleo, Senior, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country

Louisiana – Natalie Mayes, Sophomore, Women’s Soccer

ULM – Asjha Leake, Senior, Women’s Basketball

Marshall – Alicia Rivera, Senior, Women’s Track & Field

Old Dominion – Imo Essien, Senior, Men’s Basketball

South Alabama – Judah Brown, Graduate, Men’s Basketball

Southern Miss – Maddie Moody, Senior, Softball

Texas State – Lauryn Small, Graduate, Women’s Track & Field

Troy – Abby Grosinske, Senior, Women’s Track & Field